30 countries that have most holidays

30 countries that have most holidays

Holiday entitlement is often more complex since actual holiday provisions often depends on company contracts and the number and treatment of public holidays.

According to Mercer's Worldwide Benefit and Employment Guidelines, which provides an overview of employee regulation and employment practices across 62 different countries, employees in Asia fare poorly when their statutory holiday entitlements are compared with the rest of the world.

Let us have a look at how many holidays workers are entitled to in 30 countries.

Note: The figures are based on statutory entitlements for an employee working five days a week, with 10 years' service.

India

Region: Asia-Pacific

Statutory minimum holidays: 12

Ranking by statutory minimum: 15

Public holidays (days): 16

Ranking by public holidays: 2

Total holidays in a year: 28

The use of public holidays is not appropriate in the Indian context when dealing with private establishments. Private establishments must observe national holidays (January 26, August 15 and October 2) and holidays on major festivals.

The average number of such festivals may vary from five to seven. Local variations, depending on the state, are prevalent.

30 countries that have most holidays

Legal definition is 30 days of annual vacation for employees with 10+ years of seniority; vacation days do not include Sundays.

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30 countries that have most holidays

Legal definition is 30 days including Saturdays. This means that employees are entitled to five weeks of vacation per year. Midsummer's Eve and Christmas Eve are not official public holidays by legislation and not included in the list above.

However, most employment contracts provide these two days as full holiday.

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30 countries that have most holidays

The number of 22 workdays is increased, by between one and three days, if the employee did not miss without justification any working day in the previous year.

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